The closer the better
- A growing literature has suggested that processing of visual information presented near the hands is facilitated. In this study, we investigated whether the near-hands superiority effect also occurs with the hands moving. In two experiments, participants performed a cyclical bimanual movement task requiring concurrent visual identification of briefly presented letters. For both the static and dynamic hand conditions, the results showed improved letter recognition performance with the hands closer to the stimuli. The finding that the encoding advantage for near-hand stimuli also occurred with the hands moving suggests that the effect is regulated in real time, in accordance with the concept of a bimodal neural system that dynamically updates hand position in external space.
Author details: | Jos J. Adam, Thamar J. H. Bovend'Eerdt, Fleur E. P. van Dooren, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND, Jay PrattORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-432963 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43296 |
ISSN: | 1866-8364 |
Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
Subtitle (English): | hand proximity dynamically affects letter recognition accuracy |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (607) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/03/23 |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2020/03/23 |
Tag: | perception and action |
Issue: | 607 |
Number of pages: | 8 |
First page: | 1533 |
Last Page: | 1538 |
Source: | Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 74 (2012) 1533–1538 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-012-0339-3 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
License (English): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 Generic |
External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |